A look at the potential Roman origins of Valentine's Day. What are the origins of Valentine's Day? Perhaps the answer lies in a pagan festival that starts in a cave above Ancient Rome.

Yep, without the Saturnalia festivities in ancient Rome, Christmas as we know it would ... It also shared links with other Roman and pagan festivals, showcasing the interconnectedness of ancient ...

But Dark notes that the suppression of earlier festivities, such as the Saturnalia celebrated in pagan Rome in mid-December, does not necessarily mean that the Christmas date was intended to ...

was something that most families practiced in the city of Rome. So, we have to imagine as part of their daily life, as part of their regular activity, Christians, just like their pagan neighbors ...

Pagan Rome, 37 A.D. As the frail, syphilis-ridden, and half-mad Emperor Tiberius nears the end of his reign, Prince Gaius Augustus Germanicus, known as Caligula, arrives at the depraved ruler's ...

There, arch-conservative church leaders have for years treated Protestants with something of the hostility, though not the violence, that pagan Rome displayed toward the early Christians.